Cisco Systems 1.4 Manual De Usuario
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Cisco Personal Assistant 1.4 Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading Personal Assistant
Setting Up Active Directory as the Corporate Directory for Personal Assistant
Using an LDIF File
LDIF is a standard format used to import and export data from an LDAP directory. You can set up
Personal Assistant to read from an LDIF file to obtain information from the corporate directory when
the system refreshes and when it restarts. By default, Personal Assistant uses an LDAP query, which can
result in a large amount of network traffic, depending on the size of the data and the complexity of the
system. Instead of having each server in a multiple Personal Assistant cluster run a large,
resource-intensive LDAP query, you can set up an LDIF file at a shared location and configure each
server to read from it.
Personal Assistant to read from an LDIF file to obtain information from the corporate directory when
the system refreshes and when it restarts. By default, Personal Assistant uses an LDAP query, which can
result in a large amount of network traffic, depending on the size of the data and the complexity of the
system. Instead of having each server in a multiple Personal Assistant cluster run a large,
resource-intensive LDAP query, you can set up an LDIF file at a shared location and configure each
server to read from it.
Note that Personal Assistant will still use LDAP queries for functions such as name-dialing, searching
the corporate directory to copy users to the address book, and so on.
the corporate directory to copy users to the address book, and so on.
To use an LDIF file, you first set up the system to generate the LDIF file that includes attributes specific
to Personal Assistant. When you later configure the corporate directory, you specify the location of this
file. The
to Personal Assistant. When you later configure the corporate directory, you specify the location of this
file. The
will alert you when to do this.
listed fields, if you configured directory hierarchies that use other attributes (for example, City=San
Jose), you must include the additional attributes in the file. See the
Jose), you must include the additional attributes in the file. See the
section
below for an example of how to set up an LDIF file for Personal Assistant.
mobile
Cell Phone
homeNumber
Home Phone
pager
Pager Address
mail
E-mail Address
Table 2-1
Personal Assistant Attributes (continued)
Active Directory Attribute Name
Attribute Name in Personal Assistant
Table 2-2
LDIF File Attributes
LDAP Attribute Name
Attribute Name in Personal Assistant
cn, uid, or sAMAccountName
Unique Attribute
givenName
First Name
sn
Last Name
alias
Nick Name
telephoneNumber
Work Phone
mobile
Cell Phone
homeNumber
Home Phone
pager
Pager Address
mail
E-mail Address